Xi sends Teheran message over crash

President Xi Jinping on Monday sent a condolence message to his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, over the crash of an Iranian jetliner a day earlier.

The Iranian passenger plane crashed into Dena mountain on Sunday morning, killing all 65 people on board, Abed Zadeh, chief of the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran confirmed.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in a message on Sunday to his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, expressed deep condolences over the victims in the air tragedy and extended his sincere sympathy to their families.